Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2005

State or jurisdiction

Fall 1970

Fall 1980

Fall 1990

Fall 19991

Fall 2000

Fall 2001

Fall 2002

Fall 20032

Fall 2004

Fall 2005

Percent change, 2000 to 2005

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

United States

8,580,887

12,096,895

13,818,637

14,791,224

15,312,289

15,927,987

16,611,711

16,911,481

17,272,044

17,487,475

14.2

Alabama

103,936

164,306

218,589

223,144

233,962

236,146

246,414

253,846

255,826

256,389

9.6

Alaska

9,471

21,296

29,833

26,948

27,953

27,756

29,546

31,035

30,869

30,231

8.1

Arizona

109,619

202,716

264,148

326,159

342,490

366,485

401,605

435,767

490,925

545,597

59.3

Arkansas

52,039

77,607

90,425

115,092

115,172

122,282

127,372

133,950

138,399

143,272

24.4

California

1,257,245

1,790,993

1,808,740

2,017,483

2,256,708

2,380,090

2,474,024

2,340,698

2,374,045

2,399,833

6.3

Colorado

123,395

162,916

227,131

261,744

263,872

269,292

282,343

289,424

300,914

302,672

14.7

Connecticut

124,700

159,632

168,604

156,907

161,243

165,027

170,606

170,976

172,775

174,675

8.3

Delaware

25,260

32,939

42,004

46,613

43,897

47,104

49,228

49,595

49,804

51,612

17.6

District of Columbia

77,158

86,675

79,551

72,118

72,689

87,252

91,014

95,297

99,988

104,897

44.3

Florida

235,525

411,891

588,086

684,745

707,684

753,554

792,079

840,108

866,665

872,662

23.3

Georgia

126,511

184,159

251,786

311,812

346,204

376,098

397,604

411,102

434,283

426,650

23.2

Hawaii

36,562

47,181

56,436

62,578

60,182

62,079

65,368

67,481

67,225

67,083

11.5

Idaho

34,567

43,018

51,881

64,661

65,594

69,674

72,072

75,390

76,311

77,708

18.5

Illinois

452,146

644,245

729,246

733,182

743,918

748,444

776,622

796,815

801,401

832,967

12.0

Indiana

192,668

247,253

284,832

304,725

314,334

338,715

342,064

350,102

356,801

361,253

14.9

Iowa

108,902

140,449

170,515

186,780

188,974

194,822

202,546

213,958

217,646

227,722

20.5

Kansas

102,485

136,605

163,733

176,737

179,968

184,943

188,049

190,306

191,590

191,752

6.5

Kentucky

98,591

143,066

177,852

181,626

188,341

214,839

225,489

235,743

240,097

244,969

30.1

Louisiana

120,728

160,058

186,840

221,348

223,800

228,871

232,140

244,537

246,301

197,713

-11.7

Maine

34,134

43,264

57,186

57,822

58,473

61,127

63,308

64,222

65,415

65,551

12.1

Maryland

149,607

225,526

259,700

268,820

273,745

288,224

300,269

307,613

312,493

314,151

14.8

Massachusetts

303,809

418,415

417,833

419,695

421,142

425,071

431,224

436,102

439,245

443,316

5.3

Michigan

392,726

520,131

569,803

558,998

567,631

585,998

605,835

616,012

620,980

626,751

10.4

Minnesota

160,788

206,691

253,789

282,756

293,445

308,233

323,791

339,597

349,021

361,701

23.3

Mississippi

73,967

102,364

122,883

133,170

137,389

137,882

147,077

148,584

152,115

150,457

9.5

Missouri

183,930

234,421

289,899

317,480

321,348

331,580

348,146

359,749

365,204

374,775

16.5

Montana

30,062

35,177

35,876

43,114

42,240

44,932

45,111

47,240

47,173

47,850

13.3

Nebraska

66,915

89,488

112,831

110,806

112,117

113,817

116,737

119,511

121,053

121,236

8.1

Nevada

13,669

40,455

61,728

89,711

87,893

93,368

95,671

100,849

105,961

110,705

26.0

New Hampshire

29,400

46,794

59,510

63,366

61,718

65,031

68,523

69,608

70,163

69,893

13.2

New Jersey

216,121

321,610

324,286

330,537

335,945

346,507

361,733

372,632

380,374

379,758

13.0

New Mexico

44,461

58,283

85,500

111,896

110,739

112,861

120,997

127,040

131,577

131,337

18.6

New York

806,479

992,237

1,048,286

1,020,991

1,043,395

1,057,794

1,107,270

1,126,085

1,141,525

1,152,081

10.4

North Carolina

171,925

287,537

352,138

395,907

404,652

427,784

447,335

464,437

472,709

484,392

19.7

North Dakota

31,495

34,069

37,878

40,348

40,248

42,843

45,800

48,402

49,533

49,389

22.7

Ohio

376,267

489,145

557,690

548,545

549,553

569,223

587,996

603,399

614,234

616,350

12.2

Oklahoma

110,155

160,295

173,221

179,055

178,016

189,785

198,423

207,791

207,625

208,053

16.9

Oregon

122,177

157,458

165,741

175,635

183,065

191,378

204,565

198,786

199,985

200,033

9.3

Pennsylvania

411,044

507,716

604,060

605,283

609,521

630,299

654,826

676,121

688,780

692,340

13.6

Rhode Island

45,898

66,869

78,273

74,821

75,450

77,235

77,417

79,085

80,377

81,382

7.9

South Carolina

69,518

132,476

159,302

183,626

185,931

191,590

202,007

207,601

208,910

210,444

13.2

South Dakota

30,639

32,761

34,208

42,147

43,221

45,534

47,751

55,816

48,708

48,768

12.8

Tennessee

135,103

204,581

226,238

252,915

263,910

258,534

261,899

276,999

278,055

283,070

7.3

Texas

442,225

701,391

901,437

990,587

1,033,973

1,076,678

1,152,369

1,175,336

1,229,197

1,240,707

20.0

Utah

81,687

93,987

121,303

161,591

163,776

177,045

178,932

183,462

194,324

200,691

22.5

Vermont

22,209

30,628

36,398

36,728

35,489

36,351

36,537

37,695

38,639

39,915

12.5

Virginia

151,915

280,504

353,442

377,970

381,893

389,853

404,966

414,945

425,181

439,166

15.0

Washington

183,544

303,603

263,384

306,723

320,840

325,132

338,820

345,566

343,524

348,482

8.6

West Virginia

63,153

81,973

84,790

88,657

87,888

91,319

93,723

97,005

97,884

99,547

13.3

Wisconsin

202,058

269,086

299,774

304,776

307,179

315,850

329,443

329,738

331,506

335,258

9.1

Wyoming

15,220

21,147

31,326

29,002

30,004

31,095

32,605

33,695

33,955

35,334

17.8

U.S. Service Schools3

17,079

49,808

48,692

13,344

13,475

14,561

14,420

14,628

14,754

15,265

13.3

Other jurisdictions

67,237

137,749

164,618

185,244

194,633

201,642

211,204

218,058

220,920

223,165

14.7

American Samoa

0

976

1,219

1,172

297

1,178

1,367

1,537

1,550

1,579

431.6

Federated States of Micronesia

0

224

975

1,506

1,576

2,243

2,173

2,558

2,608

2,283

44.9

Guam

2,719

3,217

4,741

5,727

5,215

4,869

5,157

4,710

4,642

6,064

16.3

Marshall Islands

0

0

0

616

328

220

224

601

623

604

84.1

Northern Marianas

0

0

661

1,080

1,078

982

1,299

1,237

1,101

967

-10.3

Palau

0

0

491

569

581

579

668

727

651

651

12.0

Puerto Rico

63,073

131,184

154,065

171,832

183,290

188,430

197,781

203,951

207,180

208,625

13.8

Virgin Islands

1,445

2,148

2,466

2,742

2,268

3,141

2,535

2,737

2,565

2,392

5.5

1 Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) 2 Data revised from previously published figures.3 Data for 1999 and later years reflect substantial changes in survey coverage.
NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; and 1990 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2007.)